Chapter 14
Being so close to Leo that I was on his arm again sent a thrill down my spine and heat to pool between my legs. I knew what it meant to go into the vampire lounge with Leo. I would be pretending to be enthralled by him again. To be his, my body his toy to play with in any way he wished.
“Are you truly okay with doing this again?” Leo asked as we walked along the hallway a good distance ahead of Tess and Petros.
I knew that he was asking me for my consent.
Consent for him to not only use me sexually, but to feed from me again.
Consent to have him control my pleasure and his the entire time we were in there.
I’d spent a few minutes before we left the suite giving Tess a little more of an idea what she was letting herself in for and explained that Petros and Leo, pretending to be Drew, would both act like they’d just picked us up on the cruise and pretend we were very new to the whole enthralled thing.
It would allow Petros especially to be far less enthusiastic with Tess and allow her to take this at a slower pace.
I had no illusions that Leo would give me the same easy ride.
He was going to have his hands all over me, and there was a part of me that wanted to be down on my knees in front of him.
I wanted the moans I could create as I used my mouth to please him. Just thinking about it made me flush with heat again.
“Should I take that as a yes?” Leo leaned in to ask me, reminding me that I hadn’t given him his answer yet. It wasn’t as if I was likely to say no. I had let him touch me on the flight over. Let him do whatever he wanted.
There was something about being this close to him. I couldn’t say no. And no part of me wanted to. I wanted to be his and not have to worry or think. I wanted to just let go and enjoy every touch, every somehow divine moment of submitting to his skill and desire.
“Yes,” I said, barely able to get the word out without a sigh or moan. I wanted to be his. In every single way.
“Good. ‘Cause I’m hard already and I plan to cum in you as soon as I can.” Leo let out a growl near my ear, making it clear he meant it, and I didn’t think he was going to be gentle.
“You sound like you can barely wait to get me into that lounge,” I replied, finding myself wanting to tease him as I grew wetter and hotter. I liked the sound of him being hard for me. Of knowing that I made him struggle to stay in control of himself.
“If it wasn’t rude I’d fuck you right here and now. Don’t push me to attempt it anyway.”
I smirked, hearing the gravelly undertone to his voice. He was one of the most powerful vampires on this ship, if not the most powerful, and right now I had him distracted with thoughts of enjoying me. It was a thought that made me feel like holding my head high and strutting into the lounge.
We didn’t take long to reach the door, but the vampires on the outside hesitated, taking me in and then glancing between each other.
“I’m Drew,” he said when they didn’t reach for the door handle to admit us. Still neither of them moved.
“I was here before dinner. I’ve picked up a new...” Leo paused to look at me and smiled. “Date. I want to show her around and get her acquainted with our lifestyle.”
The man on the right coughed, but at that moment someone else came out and they smiled.
“Drew, good to see you again. Is this your new little toy?” they asked, also looking me up and down.
“Are you one too?” I asked immediately, widening my eyes as if I was still very surprised and new to all this.
He chuckled. “Jeff.” He put his hand out and when I went to shake it, he shifted my hand around and kissed the back of it.
“If Drew here doesn’t do it for you once you’ve seen what happens in there, come let me know. We’ll try a few other party tricks and see if you like being the meat on our spit roast.”
I raised an eyebrow as if I had no idea what that meant and Leo coughed as if to remind Jeff he was there. Immediately the vampire let go of my hand and put both hands up.
“Don’t worry, man. She’s all yours until you’re done with her. But you’ve got a hot one and there are plenty of us who’ll take her off your hands if you change your mind.”
Leo nodded, but didn’t hide his irritation still. Eventually the vampire stepped to one side, holding the door open for us. It didn’t give the vampires to the side of the door much chance to stop us going in, but they didn’t look happy. I pretended not to notice and hurried inside.
Heads turned as we entered, and it wasn’t entirely in the curious way. The vampire who had tailed Naomi and me earlier wasn’t here, which was some measure of relief, but there were others who openly studied me.
I tried to pretend I hadn’t noticed any of them and focused on Leo, leaning in closer to him.
“So what happens now?” I asked, keeping up our pretense that I was a human just finding out about being here in the vampire world.
“Now, we get a drink, relax, get familiar with each other, and you get to experience all the benefits of being welcomed into our world.” Leo smiled down at me as if he was the most charming man ever, and for half a second I understood exactly why so many people fell for this and never looked back.
Vampires were charming and attractive and they lured and tempted until it was too late.
To my relief, while we were standing in the middle of the room, Petros and Tess were let in and they garnered far less attention, most of the focus still on us. No one associated them with us and they certainly weren’t considered a threat in any way.
Leo took my hand, also acting as if he hadn’t noticed the shift in atmosphere in the room and the way several vampires were glaring at us. He walked us over to the bar, but before we could get there a couple of male vampires stepped in front of us.
“She’s not welcome here,” the larger, more butch one on the left said, eyeing me down.
I raised my eyebrows and looked toward Leo, trying to keep pretending I was some innocent woman and this was all confusing to me.
“Look, we’re all allowed to bring our enthralled in here.
She’s new, but she’s mine and she’s consented.
Haven’t you, sweetheart?” Leo looked at me and smiled, using his vampire abilities to turn on the charm, and I gave into the rush of pheromones and desire and nodded with all the enthusiasm I felt.
“Of course. This is wonderful,” I replied before I looked back toward the vampire in our way. “It’s so sweet of you to check that I’m happy though.”
The vampire didn’t budge and Leo frowned. “Come on, sweetness, let’s get you a drink and get settled in.”
He pulled me around and for now no one stopped us, confusion appearing on some of their faces, but I didn’t know how long it would last. Petros had also taken Tess to the bar, but they’d moved toward the more quiet and emptier end of the room for now, well away from us and the obvious trouble.
While I was nervous about how safe Petros was and if he could be trusted enough, he was at least being very subtle and making sure Tess was comfortable.
Leo almost threw me into a chair before he sat down beside me. I leaned toward him and he pulled me closer, no longer being gentle. He was either acting rattled, or it had truly got to him to have someone say I wasn’t welcome here with him.
Although I knew Leo was Brethren yet pretending not to be, I didn’t know how much he was used to being questioned or doubted.
I also didn’t know enough of vampire culture to know if what had just happened was rare, or if something else was going on.
All I knew for sure was that the atmosphere had changed. And not in a good way.
If I had been nervous before, I was even more so now.
This wasn’t the way I had hoped it would go.
There was very little doubt in my mind that this was because of the same vampires who had sent one of their group to attack me.
Although I had been invited onto the ship, it wasn’t to have fun or be someone’s pet. It was to die.
As if to drive the thought from my head or to make me think of him and be aroused enough to help keep up the act, Leo’s hands began to wander over my body and his lips descended on mine. He brushed his hands up across my breasts and then around my back to pull me in closer.
It didn’t take long before I could feel his erection, and I had to fight the urge to be bold enough to caress his hardness. I wanted to have him inside me somewhere.
Once again heat flushed through me, my thoughts of what I wanted to do to him enough that I was growing hotter and more aroused already.
One hand roamed down my legs far enough that he could reach under the hem of my dress and slide his fingers back upward.
I moaned into the kiss, our lips still locked.
As he grew closer to my pussy, the room we were in melted into nothing and I could only think of wanting him to carry on, not wanting him to stop, and the desperation I felt, built up from night after night of dreaming of him and being his.
I didn’t know how far he was going to take me while we were in here, but I wasn’t sure I cared. At least, until I thought of Tess and Petros. Did I really want one of my own vampire hunter team to witness me being publicly fucked and used sexually by a powerful vampire, especially willingly?
Because this was with my consent. The heat and wetness between my thighs, still more than little evidence that I was eager.
Finally his hands brushed up against my clit and I tilted my hips toward him.
He did the same again, pushing my skirts higher.
I knew he was exposing my panties, soaked and enough of a scent of my arousal that there wasn’t a single vampire who would doubt my enjoyment.
If anyone had told me two months ago that I would ever get horny letting a vampire do what he wanted with me while other vampires enjoyed the view, I’d have told them they were crazy and I’d have been far more likely to kill a vampire than ever let them touch me, let alone enjoy them touching me, but there was something about Leo.
He had known what he was doing with my body from the moment I had agreed to work with him. I craved his touch, and even if my mind was worried about how safe we were and that Tess was in this chaos, my body knew that it was about to be taken to heaven.
Leo’s own arousal pressed against my other thigh now, his other hand pinching and tugging on my nipples to somehow make me even more hungry for him. The pain mixed with the pleasure, making me mewl. I wanted him inside me, wanted his skin on mine.
It took all my presence of mind to remember where I was as Leo’s hands worked their way over my body, teasing me, tempting me and making me practically beg him to fuck me.
“Do you want me to fuck you, sweetness?” he asked, whispering the words in my ear. “Shall I do it here, with everyone watching?”
A heady mixture of desire and fear tore through me, letting me know I both wanted it and I was terrified of it.
Before I could answer him, another vampire stepped up and coughed. It was the same one who had stood in our way earlier. Only this time there were several other vampires with him.
“What on Earth is the problem?” Leo asked, sounding angrier. He pulled back from me, exposing exactly how much I was turned on and he had been doing to me. I knew my panties were visible, one of the vampires on each side of the butch, difficult one staring straight at my crotch.
I didn’t cover up, knowing that the best way I could sell that I was nothing but a human enthralled was to let them see how much I wanted Leo.
“Sorry, the boss still says she’s not welcome here. It’s definitely her.”
Leo got to his feet and I finally shifted, staying behind him.
“Then I guess I better speak to this boss, cause she’s a simple human and she’s mine. If he’s already got a problem with her, I want to know what it is. I have a right to know.”
For a few seconds no one moved, the four vampires staring at Leo. I knew he couldn’t attack them. Not without causing a huge incident. He was a Brethren, but he needed to appear to be a turned. And that meant he had to act like he couldn’t handle four of them.
“The boss only sees who the boss wants to see. And he didn’t ask to see her.”
“Is the boss in here?” Leo asked.
The vampire in front of him at least shook his head.
Leo let out a growl before he grabbed my hand. “Let the boss know that I’m going to want to see him. And I’ll find some way to do it. We’ll be back tomorrow and if she’s not allowed in, me and my... group will start proving why I get what I want.”
“Is that a threat?” the vampire asked.
Leo shook his head. “It doesn’t need to be. It’s a fact.”
With that he pulled me to my feet and walked out of the room with me so fast that I almost had to run to keep up. I got the impression that Leo was genuinely angry and I was pretty sure I’d never seen him even close to it before.
Whoever this vampire in charge was, they were likely to be the reason I was a target. And Leo was determined to draw them out or make them go away.